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Brother John

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Initial release March 24, 1971
Directors James Goldstone
Screenplay Ernest Kinoy
Composers Quincy Jones
Initial DVD releaseJanuary 7, 2003
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About Brother John


Visiting his Alabama hometown for his sister's funeral, an enigmatic black man, John Kane (Sidney Poitier), is appalled by the discrimination and hatred he witnesses. There is a strike going on at the same time as the funeral, and some in the community assume he is an outside agitator. In reality, Kane is a messenger from heaven sent to assess mankind's worthiness of redemption. Although dismayed by the atrocities he sees, Kane is not ready to give up on human beings just yet. … MORE

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... Bellowing warningsOrlando Burran, five, and his Brother John Henry, three, were lying dead before him; their father had been ill that morning and two others in the house were also sick...

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... Megan s Brother John used a phone tracking app to locate her iPhone to the spot where McCullam had thrown it...

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... Mr Glendenning was unable to shave during the time in prison - with his Brother John saying there had only been a single communal shaver in the jail, where he had been kept in " vile" conditions...

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... It even shows a cart of ammunition exploding - a moment in the battle, Mr Dalrymple writes in an essay accompanying the auction - that was recorded by Bailie s younger Brother John: " Two ammunition tumbrils were hit and both blew up simultaneously, making large openings in both lines, on which their Cavalry made the first impression...

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